Tag: Nigerian Farmers

  • Don’t sell farming inputs provided for you – FG tels farmers

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    Nigeria’s Federal Government (FG) has warned smallholder farmers against selling the agricultural inputs it has provided for them. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mahmood Abubakar, gave the warning on Monday during the flag off and distribution of agricultural inputs during the Special Intervention Programme for Small-holder farmers. The agricultural inputs distributed include: …

  • NIRSAL grants N500m loans to 4,600 Nassarawa farmers to boost agriculture

    The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has disbursed over N500,000,000 million to farmers in Nasarawa state from 2017 to 2020. Head project monitoring, Reporting of Remediation office, NIRSAL, Mr. Noel Dilli, disclosed this during a media and stakeholders engagement meeting in Lafia, the state capital on Thursday. Dilli said the objectives…